History could be made on Oct. 16, when New Jerseyans go to the polls to choose their next U.S. Senator, according to one of the candidates in the race.

Conservative activist Steve Lonegan said during a recent interview on the John Gambling radio show on WOR 710 AM that if elected, he would be the first Republican elected in New Jersey to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.

Lonegan is running against Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, to fill the seat left vacant after Sen. Frank Lautenberg, also a Democrat, died in June.

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